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Prologue (f. 3-16r) and text in 8 parts (f. 16r-254r), with description of contents (f. 14r-16r); text is drawn from papal letters, councils, and teachings of the Church fathers.
Support: parchment; Extent: 258 leaves : 279 x 199 (198 x 103) mm. bound to 293 x 208 mm; Collation: Parchment, i (modern paper) + 258 + i (modern paper); 1², 2-32⁸; [1-258]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Earlier foliation (not contemporary with text) in ink begins with 1 at the start of the text (f. 16r), misnumbered and crossed out; ink foliation ends with 242-245 preceding 238-241, which suggests that in an earlier binding the final gathering was arranged differently; in the present binding, the text is continuous through f. 254 (marked 245 in the ink foliation) and f. 255-258 mostly repeats the text of f. 251-254. Numbers and catchwords at the ends of the quires.
Written in 26 long lines; ruled in lead; prickings visible.
Written in a large, regular Gothic book script by a single hand.
Rubricated in red, blue, and green, with decorated initials; large illuminated initial with an amusing grotesque figure, in red, blue, and green (f. 204v); illustrated with a biblical canon in columns decorated with borders and ornaments in red and blue (f. 56v-57r); incomplete diagram of affinity (f. 226r).
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Ms. codex.
Title from Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue.
Incipit, text: Incipiunt decreta sanctorum pontificum. De fide sanctae trinitatis. Credimus unum deum esse patrem & filium & sanctumque spiritum (f. 16r).
Incipit prologus super exceptiones decretorum sanctorum pontificum. Exceptiones ecclesiasticarum regularum partim ex epistolis romanorum pontificum... (f. 3r).
The text is not entirely complete, ending after what is marked as Chapter CXXXVI in Patrologia latina.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
France
Written in France, 12th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Modern quarter vellum over wooden boards; vellum split at front hinge, upper cover and spine nearly detached.
Latin
Formerly in the library of the cathedral of Sant-Gatien (Tours, France; Ms. 193, inscription bottom center f. 1r), as recorded in a catalog printed in 1706 (Delisle).
Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 7408, purchased in Paris in 1838.
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 17 July 1950, lot 26.
Sold by Laurence C. Witten (New Haven, Conn.), 1956.
France
Written in France, 12th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Latin
Formerly in the library of the cathedral of Sant-Gatien
Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 7408, purchased in Paris in 1838.
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 17 July 1950, lot 26.
Sold by Laurence C. Witten
Prologue (f. 3-16r) and text in 8 parts (f. 16r-254r), with description of contents (f. 14r-16r); text is drawn from papal letters, councils, and teachings of the Church fathers.
Ms. codex.
Title from Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue.
Incipit, text: Incipiunt decreta sanctorum pontificum. De fide sanctae trinitatis. Credimus unum deum esse patrem & filium & sanctumque spiritum (f. 16r).
Incipit prologus super exceptiones decretorum sanctorum pontificum. Exceptiones ecclesiasticarum regularum partim ex epistolis romanorum pontificum... (f. 3r).
The text is not entirely complete, ending after what is marked as Chapter CXXXVI in Patrologia latina.
Written in a large, regular Gothic book script by a single hand.
Rubricated in red, blue, and green, with decorated initials; large illuminated initial with an amusing grotesque figure, in red, blue, and green (f. 204v); illustrated with a biblical canon in columns decorated with borders and ornaments in red and blue (f. 56v-57r); incomplete diagram of affinity (f. 226r).
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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